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Matt Damon
Player ProfileMatthew Paige Damon is an American actor and screenwriter. He rose to fame following the success of Good Will Hunting (1997), a screenplay he co-wrote with friend and fellow poker player Ben Affleck. Damon has since starred in several hit films including Saving Private Ryan (1998), the Ocean's trilogy, and the Bourne series. In 2007, Damon received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and... |
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Johnny Moss
Player ProfileJohnny Moss (May 14, 1907 – December 16, 1995) is one of the all-time poker greats. In 1949, Moss played with Nick the Greek in a five month long heads-up marathon set up by Benny Binion in which he reputedly won more tha $2 million. At the conclusion of the game, Nick the Greek uttered what has become one of the most famous poker quotes ever: "Mr. Moss, I have to let you go." This... |
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Annie Duke
Player ProfileAnnie Duke (born Anne LaBarr Lederer) is a professional poker player and one of the top female players in the game. She who won a bracelet in the 2004 World Series of Poker $2,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Event. Duke also won the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions the same year, poketing a staggering $2,000,000. In 2010 she won the National Heads-Up Poker Championship,... |
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Daniel Negreanu
Player ProfileDaniel Negreanu is a Canadian professional poker player of Romanian descent with four World Series of Poker bracelets. Kid Poker also has two World Poker Tour Championship titles to his name. He is ranked second in the all-time career earnings list behind only Phil Ivey. Negreanu is a huge character, on and off the table, and often appears on TV. Currently he is the star of poker game show... |
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Gus Hansen
Player ProfileGus Hansen is widely considered one of the best poker players in the world. Although he has never won a World Series of Poker bracelet, he has won three World Poker Tour titles, the 2007 Aussie Millions and was the season one winner of the Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament. Before turning pro in 1997, Hansen was a world class backgammon player and a youth tennis champion. In 2000, he... |
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Jean Paul Kelly
Player ProfileJean Paul Kelly writes exclusively for Pokerjolt and is a double World Series of Poker bracelet winner. He boasts more than a million dollars in live tournament winnings. In 2007, his first year on the circuit, he cashed twice in Las Vegas ?including a 16th place finish in a $3,000 No Limit Hold'em event. ?JP returned to Vegas the following year and made the final table of a $2,500 mixed... |
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Jude Ainsworth
Player ProfilePokerjolt columnist and all-round top geezer Jude Ainsworth has won more than a million dollars in his career. After being awarded a Phd in Biochemistry in 2008, Jude took a break to focus on poker and has been playing professionally ever since. He has cashed at events around the world, including a 3rd place finish at the 2009 Euro Finals of Poker in Paris, winning $65,431. He also cashed... |
